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Economics

  • Lloyds and Aldermore lead SME loan rise

    May 28, 2015

    Banklending to small businesses picked up at last in the first quarter, Bank of England figures showed yesterday.   Net lending to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rose by £615m in the first quarter of 2015.   It marks a sharp reversal after years of decline – in the final quarter of 2014, net lending [...]

  • British consumers are upbeat after General Election outcome

    May 28, 2015

    UK shoppers were slightly less confident this month, but confidence levels remain relatively high, according to survey figures published today. The consumer confidence index put together by market researchers GFK edged down to a score of one for May, from April’s four. However, it is up on the same month last year when it scored [...]

  • Boom in the City as professional services output increases quickly

    May 28, 2015

    Business services firms are seeing a boom on a scale not experienced for almost a decade, with sales volumes rocketing and hiring up, according to a study today from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Profits are picking up sharply at accountancy, law and marketing firms, with 39 per cent of business and professional services companies [...]

  • Banks have finally started lending to small and medium sized businesses

    May 28, 2015

    Banks are finally starting to lend to Britain's small and medium sized businesses new data has shown, suggesting the widely criticised Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) could be beginning to work. Net lending to small and medium sized businesses in the first three months of this year rose by £635m, according to the Bank of England. [...]

  • Which country benefits most from economic growth? UK ranks below Ukraine and Russia

    May 28, 2015

    Economic growth is generally considered a positive thing for the people living in that country – it brings jobs, opportunities and usually a higher standard of living.  But how much that growth translates into what we can actually experience as improved level of well-being varies from country to country, and it turns out the UK [...]

  • Disposable income soars in London and Scotland – at the expense of north England

    May 28, 2015

    People living in London and Scotland have experienced the biggest rise in their disposable income over the course of the twenty-first century – at the expense of the north of England. Disposable income in the capital rose faster than in any other part of the country, growing 75 per cent between 2000 and 2013. Scotland [...]

  • Disposable incomes in London lead UK despite financial crash

    May 27, 2015

    London’s disposable incomes are highest at £22,516 on average   Disposable incomes in London pulled further ahead of those in the rest of the country over the past 15 years, official figures showed yesterday, despite the capital being the epicentre of the financial crisis.   Spending power across the UK has grown enormously since 1997, with [...]

  • Prudential says men can expect to earn their first million by 50 – 19 years before female colleagues

    May 27, 2015

    A man on average income will earn his first million nearly two decades before an average female worker, according to new analysis from Prudential out today. The insurance company crunched the numbers from the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey of hours and earnings, finding that male workers earn £1m by the time they [...]

  • Greece’s creditors dismiss Prime Minister Alexis Tsipiras claim they’re close to drafting a deal

    May 27, 2015

    Greece's creditors have poured cold water on the cash-strapped country's claim that the parties were nearing a deal which would pave the way for the additional funding it desperately needs. Greece's government has been locked into high stakes talks with its creditors the European Union, the European Central Bank and the IMF since February. And without [...]

  • EU residents to be banned from having undeclared income in Swiss banks

    May 27, 2015

    The EU and Switzerland have signed a deal to stop EU residents holding undeclared income in Swiss bank accounts.   The transparency agreement will be introduced at the start of 2018, and from then on Switzerland and the EU will share information relating to the bank accounts of their respective citizens. This includes names, addresses, [...]

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